Stress impacts your sleep; Great Sleep = Great Skin
Stress impacts your sleep
Great Sleep = Great Skin and at the moment many people aren’t getting a great sleep, and their skin is being impacted.
Stress can impact your life in many ways, including negatively affecting the quality of your sleep. It makes sense: You lie in bed, worrying
and feeling anxious, which makes it almost impossible to relax and quiet your mind enough to fall asleep. It’s no wonder people use the phrase “losing sleep over something.”
That’s also why people who suffer from chronic stress day in and day out sleep less, have poorer sleep quality, and find it harder to function well during the day.
The cycle continues
Unfortunately, this cycle will only continue to get worse: If you don’t sleep enough at night, your body boosts its levels of stress hormones. The brain chemicals connected with deep sleep are the same ones that tell the body to stop the production of stress hormones. As a result, when you don’t sleep well. Your body keeps pumping out those hormones. The next day, you feel more stressed, the following night you find it harder to fall asleep, and so on. Even worse, stress hormones peak in the afternoon and early evening, just when you should be relaxing. Here are some ideas to help you wind down:
Make a List.
If tomorrow’s to-dos tend to race around your brain as you try to drift off, get them out of your head by jotting them down. Whether you prefer to use a pen and paper or type up a quick note in your smartphone. This strategy ensures that you won’t forget about anything the next day, which may help you stop worrying.
Another option… Keep a nightly journal. You can record any anxieties and frustrations and then close the cover and leave them on the page for the night.
Take Five Breaths.
Even a few inhales and exhales can calm your nervous system. Place a hand on your lower belly and feel it rise and fall as you breathe. Count of three, and then breathe out for another count of three. Repeat this cycle five times.
Tune in to Your Senses.
Doing so keeps you in the present moment, which prevents you from focusing on sleep-inhibiting stressful thoughts. Think about how the sheets feel against your skin, what sounds you hear out your window, and how the air smells.
Tense Your Toes.
Yes, you’re trying to relax, but by tensing and then relaxing your toes, you can help your whole body become calm. Lie on your back and close your eyes. Focus on how your toes feels. Now, tense and pull all ten toes up toward your face and hold them there for a count of ten. Then release them and count to ten. Repeat this exercise ten times.
Set a diffuser going before bed
Try the perfect sleep blend and this will clear your room of negative energies and release relaxing aromatherapy smells into your room. These will trigger relaxation in your mind.
Try this before you go to bed
Have a look at this Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/laskincareUKltd/posts/3484113851714945 Here is a link of videos to show you how to make your own DIY sleep remedy and apply to your feet.
Use essential oils to help your sleep. Have a look here to use essential oils. Also try our pillow spray and spray before you get in bed
Mood Changes
On top of that, the more exhausted you feel, the less you’re able to focus at work and at home, leading to even more stress. You’re also likelier to snap at your friends and family, causing stress over relationships.
More downsides to all this stress? People who have high, prolonged levels of stress have higher risk of problems. Such as heart disease, depression, high blood pressure, a weakened immune system, stomach issues, and more.
There are plenty of simple strategies that you can try tonight!
Great sleep = Great skin
Improve the quality of your sleep and you will instantly help your skin. Stress impacts your sleep. During sleep, your skin’s blood flow increases, and the organ rebuilds its collagen and repairs damage from UV exposure, reducing wrinkles and age spots.
In short, quality sleep is crucial to both skin health and your overall health. Levels of the stress hormone cortisol fall during sleep, which helps skin repair daytime damage.
All in all we need a good nights sleep
Sleep is so important, and stress impacts your sleep, so try a few of these tips mentioned above.
Aromatherapy can help. Don’t forget nothing is an overnight fix. But beginning to introduce aromatherapy into your life can aid sleep and less stress, therefore giving you great skin.
Any questions, just ask…
